Uk English Meaning of transit
transit
Other Uk English words related to transit
Nearest Words of transit
- transit declinometer => transit declinometer
- transit instrument => transit instrument
- transit line => Transit line
- transit zone => Transit lounge
- transition => Transition
- transition zone => Transition zone
- transitional => transitional
- transitionally => transitionally
- transitionary => transitional
- transitive => transitive
Definitions and Meaning of transit in English
transit (n)
a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
a journey usually by ship
transit (v)
make a passage or journey from one place to another
pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)
revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
cause or enable to pass through
transit (n.)
The act of passing; passage through or over.
The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the transit of goods through a country.
A line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the Nicaragua transit.
The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope.
The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary.
An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; -- called also transit compass, and surveyor's transit.
transit (v. t.)
To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).
FAQs About the word transit
transit
a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod, a facility consisting of the means and
conveyance,transport,Joyride.,Passage,transport,drive,lift,ride,spin,turn
No antonyms found.
transistorized => Transistorised, transistorize => Transistorize, transistorised => transistorised, transistorise => Transistorize, transistor => transistor,
